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Sigh. It's the same anti-Google post on HN again.

That comment reads like reflex than anything with much though put behind it: "Google is closing a service", "Google is new the Microsoft" the same tired cliche. First of all it's f…

They've always archived non-"off the record" chats, difference is that controlling archiving behavior is no longer done by client rather via a new web interface at: https://mail.go…

Wasn't this a profile piece about the so called "whistleblower" whose "evidence" Google already was confronted with by PM this week?

Hyperbole aside (they won’t drop SMTP) that is a very narrow and unfair view on the situation, they at least tried for years to make it work with these standards and failed. They w…

Why is it not utilized more widely then? foregoing for a minute that everyone is cultivating their own gardens - what are the weaknesses of XMPP that would make it so easily avoida…

You can always open a Gmail tab. I think the Chrome app is an excellent cross platform solution (written once, easily maintainable). As for the protocol I don't think it is practic…

Serious question: how practical is it to build something like Hangouts that is meant to compete with iMessage, WhatsApp, Viber etc on top of XMPP? is it even possible?

Chrome app: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hangouts/nckgahada...

It's still there.

In GTalk's case any XMPP client will do so an official app is almost irrelevant in its case.

Gtalk will still be available though. "... which users may choose to use instead of Google Talk."

Pro tip: This change means you’re no longer limited to a 25 GB upgrade in Gmail—any additional storage you purchase now applies there, too.